Mortgage Information

September 26, 2024
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Mortgage Rates

Mortgage interest rates are in the news again! Pundits are predicting more home sales as buyers have more leverage to purchase.  That might be true in some areas but in most cases home inventory remains low.  What is happening is […]
September 23, 2024
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Lower Mortgage Rates Boost Buying Power

Lower Mortgage Rates Boost Your Buying Power From: Keeping Current Matters Search Some Highlights Mortgage rates are trending down and that’s great news for your bottom line. As rates drop, your monthly payment on your next home does too. Even a small change […]
September 9, 2024
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How Mortgage Rate Changes Impact Your Homebuying Power

How Mortgage Rate Changes Impact Your Homebuying Power Guest Author:  Keeping Current Matters If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home, you’ve probably got mortgage rates on your mind. That’s because you’ve likely heard that mortgage rates impact how much you can afford […]
December 26, 2022
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What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023

What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023 Guest Author:  Keeping Current Matters The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And in many ways, it’s put the market into a […]
November 17, 2022
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What’s Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices?

What’s Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices? Now that the end of 2022 is within sight, you may be wondering what’s going to happen in the housing market next year and what that may mean if you’re thinking about buying […]
November 4, 2022
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Do You Believe Homeownership Is Out of Reach? Maybe It Doesn’t Have To Be.

Do You Believe Homeownership Is Out of Reach? Maybe It Doesn’t Have To Be. Keeping Current Matters: It turns out, millennials aren’t the renter generation after all. The 2022 Consumer Insights Report from Mynd says there’s a portion of millennial and Gen Z buyers who are pursuing homeownership […]
March 25, 2022
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Yes! Mortgage Rates Went Up

Yes, mortgage rates went up! No, the world hasn’t ended for buyers on a tight budget. Higher interest rates will have some impact on home sales.  Actually, the impact began earlier this year as buyers rushed to buy before the […]
February 21, 2022

Real Estate Highs and Lows

Real estate highs and lows are normal. All we’ve experienced lately is a gigantic high.  Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the highs and lows of local real estate.  One thing is for sure, Cincinnati real estate […]
April 21, 2021
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Mortgage Rates and Buying a Home

The #1 driver in today’s real estate market continues to record low interest rates. According to Freddie Mac “While overall economic growth will be impacted by the pandemic and subsequent vaccine, we expect the housing market to stay the course […]